Augustus to Constantine: The Rise and Triumph of Christianity in the Roman World / Edition 1

by Robert M. Grant

Overview

This masterful study of the early centuries of Christianity vividly brings to life the religious, political, and cultural developments through which the faith that began as a sect within Judaism became finally the religion of the Roman empire. First published in 1970, Grant's classic is enhanced with a new foreward by Margaret M. Mitchell, which assesses its importance and puts the reader in touch with the advances of current research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664227722
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/08/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Robert M. Grant is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School in Chicago, Illinois. He is a renowned authority on the history of early Christianity.